The Fraud Section leads investigations and prosecutions of fraud, false statements, and money laundering related to the CARES Act passed by Congress in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Working alongside law enforcement partners and U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, the Fraud Section has charged over a hundred defendants with fraud connected to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL). These efforts have helped to protect the integrity of Small Business Administration programs and deter wrongdoing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Court Documents (Cases Charged before the Press Conference as well as Cases Publicly Charged up to Feb. 11, 2021)
Please note the court documents below have all been unsealed.
District of Arizona
- U.S. v Austin VanScoyk
- U.S. v Jonathan VanScoyk
- U.S. v Sam Fielder
Central District of California
- U.S. v. Richard Ayvazyan et al
- U.S. v Hassan Kanyike
- U.S. v. William Sadleir
- U.S. v. Andrew Marnell
District of Columbia
- U.S. v. Oludamilare Olugbuyi
Southern District of Florida
- U.S. v Jonathan Markovich et al
- U.S. v Tonye Johnson
- U.S. v Diamond Blue Smith
- U.S. v. Carlos Belone
- U.S. v. David Hines
- U.S. v. Dennis Nobbe
- U.S. v. Keyaira Bostic
- U.S. v. Damion Mckenzie
- U.S. v. Andre Clark
- U.S. v. Latoya Stanley, et al.
- U.S. v. Tiara Walker
- U.S. v. Joshua Bellamy
Northern District of Georgia
- U.S. v. Rodericque Jarmaine Thompson et al
- U.S. v Hunter VanPelt
- U.S. v. Darrell Thomas, et al.
- U.S. v. Kenneth L. Wright, Jr.
- U.S. v. Chandra Norton
- U.S. v. Stanley Dorceus
- U.S. v. Mark A. Stewart
- U.S. v. Timothy Williams
- U.S. v. Antonio D. Hosey
District of Hawaii
- U.S. v. Martin Kao
Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. v. Rahul Shah
Middle District of Louisiana
- U.S. v Brian Criss
District of Massachusetts
- U.S. v. Elijah Majak Buoi
Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. v Michael Bischoff
- U.S. v. Antonio George
District of Minnesota
- U.S. v. Kyle William Brenizer
District of Montana
- U.S. v. Matthew Jason Welch
District of Nevada
- U.S. v. Jorge Abramovs
- U.S. v. Karen Chapon
- U.S. v. Brandon Casutt
- U.S. v. Bryan Robinson
District of New Jersey
- U.S. v Rocco Malanga
- U.S. v. Jae H. Choi
Western District of New York
- U.S. v. Larry D. Jordan II, et al.
Eastern District of North Carolina
- U.S. v Tristan Pan
Middle District of North Carolina
- U.S. v. David Christopher Redfern
Western District of North Carolina
- U.S. v Izzat Freitekh
Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. v. James Richard Stote, et al.
- U.S. v. Ross Charno
- U.S. v. Phillip Augustin
- U.S. v. Wyleia Nashon Williams
Northern District of Oklahoma
- U.S. v. Benjamin Hayford
District of South Carolina
- U.S. v. Roosevelt Roshelle Hunt
- U.S. v. Lauren Marcel Duhart, et al.
Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. v. Shashank Shekhar Rai
- U.S. v. Samuel Morgan Yates
- U.S. v. Fahad H. Shah
Northern District of Texas
- U.S. v Dinesh Sah
Southern District of Texas
- U.S. v Lola Shalewa Barbara Kasali
- U.S. v Amir Aqeel et al
- U.S. v. Jase DePaul Gautreaux
- U.S. v. Joshua Thomas Argires
- U.S. v. Lee Price III
Western District of Washington
- U.S. v Austin Hsu
- U.S. v. Baoke Zhang
- U.S. v. Eric Shibley
- U.S. v. Makund Mohan
Eastern District of Wisconsin
- U.S. v Thomas Smith
- U.S. v Tarone de La Woods
- U.S. v Deon Petty
- U.S. v Marvin Fitzgerald